Terry Jones, the pastor at the 30-member Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, has been uninvited from a far-right rally in England in February “because of pressure from special interest groups,” according to a statement from Stand Up America, a group Jones formed in the wake of his church’s infamous plans to burn the Quran.

“Dr. Jones has now been invited to speak and hold rallies with the National Front, as well as with the British National Front and has accepted these invitations,” said the statement, which was released at 6 tonight.

The National Front, a political party, and British National Front are, as far as I can tell, the same entity. The statement might have meant to read British National Party, a political party that has had some success in local elections. The National Front and BNP are widely considered far-right, racist organizations.

It wasn’t clear when those rallies would be held.

Jones had been invited to speak in Luton on Feb. 5 for a rally of the English Defence League, considered an anti-Islam group.

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